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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 





[Sept. 8,1855. 



would be more advisable to fix tbe ammonia by means | 

 of sulphuric acid expelled from sulphate of iron, because 

 at the same time pure oxide of iron would be produced, 

 which would prove valuable in the subsequent forging 

 of iron. Alkali refuse should be composed of sulphuret 

 of calcium and coke dust. When this is acted upon by 

 steam with sufficient heat, the oxygen of the steam con- 

 verts the calcium into lime, while the sulphur and 

 hydrogen pass off as sulphuretted hydrogen. When the 

 latter is mingled with the vapours from a dense 

 purely carbonaceous fire, consisting of carbonic 

 oxide and nitrogen, the latter combines with the 

 sulphuretted hydrogen, and forms sulphuret of 

 ammonia. If thesS vapours are then partially cooled 

 down and a large quantity of cold air admitted, the 

 carbonic oxide becoming carbonic^ acid combines with 

 the ammonia, and disengages sulphur ; thus carbonate 

 of ammonia and sublimed sulphur might be obtained. 

 If, on the other hand, the heat of the vapours is main- 

 tained, and a large quantity of heated air thrown in, the 

 sulphuret of ammonia is converted into sulphite, which 

 rapidly passes into sulphate of ammonia ; by means of 

 which more salt may be decomposed, and thus alkalia 

 refuse may be brought to yield sulphate of soda, muriate 

 of ammonia, and carbonised lime dust. This latter 

 material will be valuable in agriculture ; it should be 

 worked into the land when preparing it for seed, muriate 

 of ammonia being afterwards applied to the growing 

 crop, when the first shower of rain will carry it into the 

 soil, when carbonate of ammonia will be disengaged 

 in direct contact with the root of the plant. By treating 

 gypsum as sulphate of lime, with small coal and high 

 heat in a reverbatory furnace, it would be reduced to 

 sulphuret or calcium, and may, by a similar mode of 

 treatment, yield the same products as alkali refuse. 

 Mining Journal. 



Calendar of Operations. 



AUGUST and SEPTEMBER. 



Gloucestershire, August— There is a much greater growth 

 of Wheat this year than last, and with the prospect of pretty 

 tolerable crops. The plant, however, is thin both in the hill and 

 vale districts ; in the former, however, the average will be made 

 up by generally well formed ear3, all of which is in a tolerably 

 healthy condition; here, too, on account of the usual shortness of 

 straw and thinness, the heavy pelting rains have caused little 

 injury by laying. In the Vale the heavier crops are much laid, 

 but as it is progressing fast to ripeness, fine weather will ensure 

 an average harvest. With us, Barley may be considered quite 

 a Barley year ; the prospects of the crops are exceedingly good, 

 and the late rains have caused the seeds sown with the crop to 

 assume a more healthy appearance than those of last year. 

 Oats are promising well, and I think a greater extent is sown 

 than I remember to have seen formerly. Winter-sown Beans 

 suffered much from the long frosts, but have wonderfully reco- 

 vered in the last few weeks. Spring-sown promise best this 

 year; in both cases they are with us tolerably free from blight. 

 The prospect of the Turnip crop is somewhat serious, as many 

 of the early sown were so taken with the Turnip flea as to compel 

 re-sowing sometimes for the third time, and now they are so 

 smothered with the weeds which the late rains have accelerated 

 in growth, without allowing time for their removal, that weed 

 sowing farmers will suffer greatly here ; and there will be seen 

 a fair prospect of a crop of Swedes, but it is a rare exception, 

 but the Turnip has suffered most, and the greater part of them 

 will be exceedingly late, as few crops have escaped the necessity 

 of re-sowing at least once. The Potato crop promises at present 

 exceedingly well ; the yield of the early sorts has been very 

 abundant, neither deficient in size or quantity ; in these are few 

 signs of the disease of former years, still the haulm has not been 

 unscathed, though the tubers as yet do not seem to have suffered. 

 As respects the later sorts we can at present say little, for though 

 they looked well everywhere, yet the rains which have brought 

 a cold night or two seems to have told upon the tops ; however, 

 should much of the crop be doomed to suffer (and we incline to 

 think the virulence of this disease is wearing out), there 

 will not be the scarcity of former years, as far more of this plant 

 is grown this year than for three or four years last past. 

 Hay is by no means an abundant crop, and though the greater 

 part has been tolerably well harvested, yet still enough remains 

 undoue to make farmers regret that they did not " get among it 

 earlier," for which neglect the excuse pleaded is the scantness 

 until the rains caused it to grow; however this is at best but bad 

 economy, as if the farmer will wait for the springing up of fresh 

 herbage while the seed is ripening, it is sure to be at the expense 

 of the latter-math, and frequently the crop of the season, and 

 must necessarily weaken the prospects for the forthcoming year; 

 it being a fact, with most herbaceous plants, that the allowing 

 them to seed is the termination of their lease of life. 



Hexham, Sept 3.— The weather during the month that has just 

 closed has been a decided improvement upon what we experienced 

 during the previous months. We had some heavy rains in the 

 early part of the month, which completely flattened any strong 

 corn which had withstood the rains of July. Though a few 

 fields were cut during the week ending the 25th ult., harvest was 

 not general till last week, when a considerable breadth of grain 

 was cut, and should the weather continue fine (which, however, 

 a falling barometer and north-east wind do. not indicate), there 

 will be a good deal carried this week. Crops are not cutting up 

 so well as was at one time expected, and both in yield and in 

 quality will be deficient. Turnips continue to look well, and we 

 have as yet seen no appearance of the Potato blight, and as the 

 earlier varieties are now approaching maturity, we hope this 



district has escaped for this year. 



AT-CRUSHING and BEAN-SPLITTING MILL 



(Turner's No. 5). 

 This Mill is recommended to 



the use of every person keeping 

 a Horse, as superior for efficiency, 

 durability, and ease in working 

 to any manufactured. Two bshls. 

 of crushed corn afford more 

 nourishment both to old and 

 young horses than three bushels 

 of uncrushed ! 



'Price £5 155. Gd. 



Made and Sold by 



E. R. &;F. TURNER, St. Peter's 



Iron Works, Ipswich. 



HTHE HYDRAULIC RAM will raise 



-*- water, without manual labour, to anv 



height, where a small fall can be obtained 7 



PARSEY'S PATENT REVOLVING 



PL MP lifts three times the quantity of water 



with the same labour, than any other Pumn 



Fire, Garden, Deep Well, Liquid Manure 

 and all other Pumps. -""mre, 



Fountains of every description ererh^ • 

 Rockwork, Grottoes, &c. erected, 



Hose Pipe of every kind for watering 

 Gardens. » 



W. F. Roe (late Freeman Roe), Hydraulic 



Engineer, 70, Strand, London. 



REAPING MACHINE. 



WILLIAM DRAY and CO.'S Book of Testimonials 

 from purchasers of their Patent Reaping Machines, also a 

 List of Prizes, and full description will be forwarded, post free, 

 on application to 



Wm. Dray & Co., Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London- 



SCYTHES.— Boyd's Patent Self- Adjusting Scythes 

 may be had of the Manufacturers, "William Dray & Co., 

 Swan Lane, London, and of all Ironmongers and Seedsmen. 



A liberal allowance to the trade. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



MEETING AT CARLISLE, JULY, 1855. 



First Prize Awarded to 



RICHMOND and CHANDLER'S No. 3 B CHAFF 

 MACHINE, Price £7. 





All the various modern Implements of A gricnltnre manufac- 

 tured on the most scientific and improved principles, suitable for 

 home use and exportation.— Address, Richmond & Chandler, 

 Salford, Manchester ; and 32, South John Street, Liverpool. 



Catalogues Gratis. 



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Notices to Correspondents. 



Compost: R H. Slake 20 bushels of lime with brine and mix it 

 with 10 cart-loads of the pond cleanings ; it will be a good 

 dressing for an acre of land. 



Food for Pigs : J? £ As a general rule cooked food is more 



digestible and fattening. The meal had better be boiled ; the 



same quantity of meal in its porridge state will be more 

 nourishing. 



LoooKD Grain: n n. You had better sow short-strawed 



Wheats. 

 Th« Gapbs : A Farm*?* Wife must take the bird on its back 



i£ >J '!" h ? nd ' folding the beak open with the fingers of 

 that hand, and with the right holding the end of a small quill 

 feather, properly trimmed and dipped in sweet oil, she must, 

 watching her opportunity, slowly insert the feather end 2 inches 

 into the windpipe of the unfortunate bird, and turn it once 

 round and with.! raw it. The bird will cough up the worms 

 which occasion the disease. 



Tisry's Success: To several Correspondents. We presume appli- 

 cation should be made to General Arbuthnot. 



**.* As usual, many communications have been received too late 

 and others are unavoidably detained till the nflf*««nr \ 

 can be made. 



necessary inquiries 



pOTTAM and H ALLEN have on Show, at their 



Vy Repository, No. 2, Winsley Street, Oxford Street, London, 

 a great variety of the following articles for the Garden, &c, at 

 very low prices, viz. :— Garden Rollers, Cast-Iron Rickstand*, 

 Garden Engines, Mowing Machines, Garden Chairs, Superior 

 Garden Tools of all kinds, Garden Vases and Pedestals in great 

 variety, and a large assortment of Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Implements. 



Ornamental Wire Flower Stands, Pot Trainers, Rose Tree 

 Guards, Flower Bordering, and every description of Wire Work, 

 both plain and ornamental. 



Hand Glass Frames, Cast and Wrought Iron Flower Stakes, 

 Garden Arches, <_c. 



Strong Iron Hurdles, and best Wire for Strained Wire Fencing. 



Hothouses, Conservatories, &c, made upon the most improved 

 principle, either of Iron, or of Iron and Wood combined, which 

 can be fixed complete, with Hot Water Apparatus, in any part 

 of the Kingdom. Show Rooms at the Manufactory, 2, Winsley 

 Street, Oxford Street, opposite the Pantheon, where every infor- 

 m a tion may be obtained. 



919° MILNER'S HOLDFAST AND FIRE- 



&1.& RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapour- 

 ising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents 

 of 1840-51-54 and 1855, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid 

 Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure), the strongest, 



BEST, and CHEAPEST SAFEGUARDS EXTANT. " 



Milker's Phoenix (212°) Safe Works, Liverpool, the most com- 

 plete and extensive in the world. Show Rooms, 6 and 8, Lord 

 Street, Liverpool. London Depdt, 47a, Moorgate Street, City. 

 Circular s free by po st. 



NO CHARGE FOR STAMPING at LOCK WOOD'S, 

 75, New Bond Street. Good cream-laid Note-paper, five 

 quires for 9„. ; Thick ditto, five quires, If. ; Albert and Queen's 

 sizes, five quires for 6d.;9d., and Is. ; Note-paper made from Straw, 

 2s. 6d. per ream ; Envelopes, 4d. to Is. Gd. per hundred ; Foolscap 

 paper, 7s. 6d. per ream ; Copybooks 2s. Gd. per dozen. Card Plate 

 engraved, 2s. 6tf.; 100 Cards printed, 2s. 6d. Wedding orders 

 promptly executed. A large variety of Writing and Dressing 

 Cases, Envelope Boxes, Blotting Books, Inkstands. — Copy 

 address, Lockwood's, 75, New Bond Street. Country orders for 

 20s. sent carriage free. Lockwood's celebrated Nugget (Gilt) 

 Pe n f 1 doz. post free for 13 stamps. 



ETCALFE and CO.'SNEW PATTERN TOOTH 



BRUSH, PENETRATING HAIR BRUSHES, AND 

 SMYRNA SPONGES.— The Tooth Brush performs the highly- 

 important office of searching thoroughly into the divisions and 

 cleansing in the most extraordinary manner— hairs never come 

 loose. Peculiarly penetrating Hair Brushes, with durable un- 

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 hair, and immense stock of genuine unbleached Smyrna Sponge, 

 with every description of British and Foreign Perfumery, at 

 Metcalfe, Bingley, & Co.'s only Establishment, 130 b and 131, 

 Oxford Street, second and third doors west from Holies Street. 



Caution.— Beware of the word "from" Metcalfe's, adopted by 

 some houses. Metcalfe's Alkaline Tooth Powder. 2s. per box. 



TOURISTS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS, 



Exposed to the Scorching Rays of the Sun, and Heated 



Particles of Dust, will find 



ROWLAND'S ICALYDOR a most refreshing pre- 

 paration for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor 

 and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately 

 affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity ana 

 healthful state of the skin. Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples, 

 Flushes, and Discoloration fly before its application, and give 

 place to delicate clearness, with the glow of beauty and of bloom. 

 In cases of sunburn or stings of insects, its virtues have long 

 been acknowledged. Price 4s. 6d. and 85. 6d. per bottle. 



ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, a delightfully fragrant and 

 transparent preparation, and as an invigorator and purifier 

 beyond all precedent. 



ROWLAND'S ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, * 

 White Powder, compounded of the rarest and most "*££"" 

 exotics. It bestows on the teeth a pearl-like whiteness, trem 

 them from Tartar, and imparts to the Gums a healthy firmness* 

 and to the breath a grateful sweetness and purity. . 



Sold by A. Rowland & Sons, 20, Hatton Garden, London, 

 and by Chemists and Perfumers. 







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FORKS 



MESSRS. BURGESS and KEY, as Mr. Parkes' 

 Wholesale Agents for England, have always in stock a 

 large assortment. These Forks and Tools are now in use by 

 upwards of 1000 of tbe Nobility and Farmers, members of the 

 lioyal Agricultural Society, who pronounce them to be the best 

 ever invented, and to facilitate labour at least 20 per cent 

 Price Lists sent free on application, and Illustrated Catalogue 

 of the best Farm Implements, on receipt of eight postage stamps. 



103, Newgate Stree t, London. 



O YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIB, 



WHISKERS, &c.?— The most marvellous P™diicti<>not 

 modern date is ROSALIE COUPELLE'S CRINUTRIAJS, 

 which is guaranteed to produce Whiskers, Moustachios, bjr 

 brows, &c, in a few weeks, and restore the Hair in baldness troxa 

 whatever cause, strengthen it when weak, prevent its I *^, in ^ t j.g 

 and effectually checks greyness in all its stages. For t 

 nursery it is recommended by upwards of 100 P nvflic 1 l ? nS L, m 

 promoting a fine healthy head of hair, and averting baldness 

 after years. Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers, price ^ " 

 will be sent post free on receipt of 24 penny stamps, by *V t 

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" Through using it I have an excellent M ^ l,8ta 5f1; iM - 1 

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want two packets for other customers." ~ 



COUGH, by D*' 



fine 

 44 My 



/1UK_ OF CONSUMPTIVE , tbe 



Vy Locock's Pulmonic Wafers —From the author <> t ^ mAA 

 " Narrative of the Second Sikh War."—" I had long 



suffered 



a 



from a deep-seated cough when Providence placed in my ' **jL| 

 box of your Pulmonic Wafers. I experienced * nstant *?!: \ 

 relief, and have such a high estimate of their efficacy, *"■? 

 firmly believe they would effect the cure of the most consump^ _ 

 person. You may make any 

 Edward Joseph Thack well. 



Club, London." They have a pleasant taste. Price 

 2s. 9d., and 11*. per box. Sold by all Druggists. 



ci ine cure 01 wic uiw- *; . , A *_r 



7 use you please of this letter. 

 .Lieut. 3d Wght Dragoons, L n»n 



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